RIDIN THE STORM OUT!!!!

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Stay safe and I hope you are not in harms way with storm surge. Keep us posted..........hopefully you have plenty of vodka!

Selassie I said:
Hopefully you have a generator and plenty of gas to keep it running. Losing power for a week or more is the worst part of these fuckers for me.
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It's hard to explain that, but you are right. I was without power about 5 days, but a friend was out almost two weeks......like 11 or 12 days. I was bringing him ziplock baggies of ice so he could keep stuff cold. It was no fun.

I didn't know how long cleanup and recovery takes. There is still work being done here to repair damages, it's such a huge job.

And this storm could be worse. I read that many of the building in the panhandle are not at all up to the new hurricane codes so structural damage is going to be plentiful. Here so much has been built since 1992 when codes changed and that helped reduce problems.
 
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It still hasn't been that bad here. Probably got a couple more hours to get through. But places like Mexico Beach got destroyed. Feel for those little fishing villages around the panhandle. Like said, a lot of old buildings (old Florida) not very touristy so never built up to modern standards.
 
Ramhusker said:
It still hasn't been that bad here. Probably got a couple more hours to get through. But places like Mexico Beach got destroyed. Feel for those little fishing villages around the panhandle. Like said, a lot of old buildings (old Florida) not very touristy so never built up to modern standards.
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Hang in there buddy!

Good luck
 
Unscathed by this storm. It decided to stay west long enough to spare us the heart of that thing. I didn't even lose power. It flickered a lot and I could hear trees cracking outside but none down. Just got watch for "widow makers" for awhile. Prayers go out to those that weren't so lucky. The panhandle of Florida got hammered.
 
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It's amazing how dependent our modern lifestyle is on electricity. I lost power for 7 days during the Great Ice Storm of 1998, and it's surprising just how quickly everything comes to a standstill. Couldn't heat our houses (temperatures dropped into the -20s Celsius), couldn't boil water, couldn't get money out of bank machines, no gas available, no restaurants or grocery stores... many places didn't even have water to flush their toilets, as the pumping stations were all down. Farms lost all their animals, traffic lights didn't work, phone lines all down... It's incredible just how reliant we are on electricity. I'm not a prepper by any means, but there sure is value in having a few days worth of supplies, just in case.
 
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Ramhusker said:
Like said, a lot of old buildings (old Florida) not very touristy so never built up to modern standards.
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IowaRam said:
Absolutely devastating

Prayers for all those that lost everything

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You can tell this is going to be a multi-year rebuild. There are still people waiting for repairs here, up there it'll be a years long process for people to get their homes and businesses rebuilt.

I was afraid there would be catastrophic damage to older buildings because they weren't up to code. It's terrible and tragic. It looks like pictures of Hurricane Andrew with all the older homes and building broken apart or flattened or what Irma did to some of the Keys.

People in this area complain about the hurricane codes and how much it adds to the cost of building a new home, remodeling, reroofing, additions and all the other things people do but it is completely necessary in coastal areas. This video illustrates that in horrible fashion.

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A link to some photos that tell the story.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/10/weather/gallery/hurricane-michael/index.html
 
I just read that when the hurricane hit Mexico Beach it was just one single MPH short of a cat 5.

A cat 5 has sustained wind speed of 156 MHP with gusts reaching even higher bursts.
 
LesBaker said:
You can tell this is going to be a multi-year rebuild. There are still people waiting for repairs here, up there it'll be a years long process for people to get their homes and businesses rebuilt.

I was afraid there would be catastrophic damage to older buildings because they weren't up to code. It's terrible and tragic. It looks like pictures of Hurricane Andrew with all the older homes and building broken apart or flattened or what Irma did to some of the Keys.

People in this area complain about the hurricane codes and how much it adds to the cost of building a new home, remodeling, reroofing, additions and all the other things people do but it is completely necessary in coastal areas. This video illustrates that in horrible fashion.

EDIT:

A link to some photos that tell the story.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/10/weather/gallery/hurricane-michael/index.html
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Yeah, the thing is about these smaller coastal communities is many don't have insurance because it is so high for what they are insuring. Many structures are from the 50s and 60s and just not ready for 150 mph winds. They've probably handled 80-100 mph before but this one was over the top.
 
The hurricane codes weren't stiffened until 1992 so it's not just homes in the 50's and 60's. Those smaller older communities had no chance in this storm, none.

I'll go ahead and speak for all of us and say we are glad you are OK. I can't imagine being in the midst of that and Irma hit here hard as hell. That was a seriously wicked event. It's going to be years in repair.
 
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Ramhusker said:
Unscathed by this storm. It decided to stay west long enough to spare us the heart of that thing. I didn't even lose power. It flickered a lot and I could hear trees cracking outside but none down. Just got watch for "widow makers" for awhile. Prayers go out to those that weren't so lucky. The panhandle of Florida got hammered.
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Good to see you’re OK.

Heart goes to those of us who aren’t.
 
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IowaRam said:
Absolutely devastating

Prayers for all those that lost everything

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Looks like war zone. Is that really America.

Man do I feel bad for people leaving there. Beyond awful. How do you muster the stomach to start over? I guess you have to. Sorry, that video shook me up a bit!
 
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